Antonyms for ambitious
æmˈbɪʃ əsam·bi·tious

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1. ambitiousadjective

   having a strong desire for success or achievement

   Antonyms:
   shiftless, easy, unambitious, ambitionless

   Synonyms:
   challenging

2. ambitious, challengingadjective

   requiring full use of your abilities or resources

   "ambitious schedule"; "performed the most challenging task without a mistake"

   Antonyms:
   unambitious, shiftless, ambitionless, easy

   Synonyms:
   challenging, intriguing, thought-provoking

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1. ambitiousadjective

   Antonyms:
   unambitious, indifferent

   Synonyms:
   aspiring, emulous, desirous, showy, pretentious, ostentatious

How to use ambitious in a sentence?

1. Richard Feachem:

   For too long, malaria eradication has been a distant dream, but now we have evidence that malaria can and should be eradicated by 2050, we must ... challenge ourselves with ambitious targets and commit to the bold action needed to meet them.

2. Maya Angelou:

   In order to be profoundly dishonest, a person must have one of two qualities either he is unscrupulously ambitious, or he is unswervingly egocentric.

3. Raj Kollmorgen:

   We are now talking about a selective process of emigration, with the so-called top performers leaving, young women on average are better educated than their male peers and more ambitious to seek their luck elsewhere.

4. Abel Abate Demissie:

   The country was preoccupied with fulfilling its basic needs in the past. Now it has become ambitious and is undertaking massive infrastructure projects by itself.

5. Arias Canete:

   The EU will fight for a very ambitious deal. When you have 196 parties, the easy way out is to agree a minimalistic agreement, we will work day and night to have an ambitious agreement that is fit for purpose.

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